INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The domestic stock markets have opened open firm, continuing with the momentum witnessed in the previous trading session, thanks to the
and the NSE Nifty was at 18,287.15, up 129.85 points or 0.70 per cent
are also trading strong, with the BSE Midcap index and BSE Smallcap index gaining 0.8 per cent and 0.7 per cent each.Overnight, the S-P 500
and Nasdaq ended higher, led by gains in Amazon.com and Microsoft, but JPMorgan shares fell along with other bank shares and weighed on the
The Dow Jones declined 0.53 points, whereas S-P 500 gained 0.30 per cent and Nasdaq Composite added 0.73 per cent.Asian markets were trading
mixed on Thursday morning; the Nikkei and Kospi gained 1 per cent each, while Straits Times declined 0.3 per cent.Post market hours on
Wednesday, index heavyweight Infosys reported a consolidated profit of Rs 5,421 crore in the quarter ended September 2021, an increase of
11.9 per cent compared to the same quarter last year.Wipro reported a 19 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,931 crore for the
quarter ended September 2021, compared to Rs 2,466 crore in the same period last year.And Mindtree reported a 57.2 per cent jump in net
profit at Rs 398.9 crore in the quarter ended September 2021, compared to a profit of Rs 253.7 crore in the year-ago period.In corporate
earnings, HCL Technologies, Indiabulls Real Estate and Century Textiles will declare their Q2 numbers during the day.
